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darwination:
So, I was reading something tonight on Lev Gleason that mentioned in passing his publishing of a magazine called Friday.  A friend recently scanned a couple of issues, and I'd noted the out-of-step politics within, so I went back to look at the issues and look into the magazine a little bit on the web which led me to a fantastic article on Ken Quattro's blog with some in-depth research into FBI documents on Gleason and the Communist party.  

http://thecomicsdetective.blogspot.com/2011/07/mr-gleason-are-you-now-or-have-you-ever.html

A comment from Steven Rowe mentions another magazine called Picture Scoop which I happen to have scanned the first issue of recently (another interesting read), so I went back to look at that one too and caught some Jack Cole cartoons illustrating an article where comedians make fun of Hitler that I didn't realize were his when I read through the magazine the first time.  Anyways, I thought I'd cut the cartoons out and stick them up here in case they are of interest to any of the Cole fans around here:

http://i55.tinypic.com/308zaps.jpghttp://i56.tinypic.com/2v9doxw.jpghttp://i51.tinypic.com/263818i.jpgAnd I might as well put up a link to the full issue while I'm at it (thanks to my pal McCoy for his edit work):
Picture Scoop v01n01 (1942-10.Picture Scoop)(D&M)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4het796bwtoahxl

along with a couple of issues of Friday in case anybody want to see what that Gleason-related pub was like, thanks to McCoy for the scans:
Friday v01n01 (1940-03-15)(10 pages damaged)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?vhlypvjoeg7vzij

Friday v02n13 (1941-03-38)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wmn0dzjozty

josemas:
These are great!

Thanks for posting them.

Best

Joe

Yoc:
Wow, wonderful stuff.  Cole is appreciated but he should be among the BIG NAMES of comics IMO.
Thanks very much for the scans and the links Darwin!
:)

srca1941:
Yes, thank you VERY much!!! I've been working on a history/reprint book on Lev Gleason for a while now, but could never find even a good cover scan of Friday, let alone two whole issues!

-Eric

darwination:
It's a very interesting magazine.  I found all the discussions of British agents manipulating America into war in the first issue surprising as well as the whole leftist bent.  Of course, there is a marked change in attitude towards the plight of the Brits by the time the other issue was published one year later.  I'll keep an eye out for other Gleason-related magazines.  In particular, I'd like to track down an issue of Burlesk  ;)

http://www.comicartville.com/gleasonburlesk.jpg

Of course the two issues of Tops from 1949 are among my most wanted comic scans that I always hope will pop up here one day...

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